The Things We Reach For
A fellow jewelry maker shared a concept with me recently called transitional object theory — the idea that humans instinctively reach for physical objects to feel held and grounded. I heard it and immediately thought about earrings. About the specific pairs we reach for on hard days. About why those pairs matter. And about a muted green scraps pair I made one evening that turned out to be more meaningful than I knew.
The Skirt Project Collection
I walked into Amanda Shrader's Brunch with Beauties event in 2022 not knowing quite what to expect — and walked out with connections that stayed with me and a friendship I didn't see coming. The Skirt Project Collection is my way of honoring the movement she's built, and every woman who has ever walked into one of her spaces and felt, maybe for the first time in a while, like she truly belonged.